Sash-fastener.



No. 669,300. Patented Mar. 5, I90l.

C. J. BEE-KHAN.

SASH FASTENEB.

- (Application filed Nov. 30, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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LNITED STATES.

CHARLES J. BEEKMAN, OF WHEELING, VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE HALF TO RUDOLPH G. SCHUTZ, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

SASl-I-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart Of Letters Patent No. 669,300, dated March 5, 1901. Applicationfiled November 30, 1900. Serial No.38,099. (No model.)

To all whzm'z, it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES J. BEEKMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Wheeling, in the county of Ohio and State of West Virginia, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Sash Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference to an improvement in devices for securing the ends of sashes, bands, or ribbons such as are worn by ladies; and it consists in the peculiar and novel construction whereby the ends of the sash may be secured, as will be more fully set forth hereinafter.

Figure '1 is a View of a sash the ends of which are secured to my improved sash-fastener. Fig. 2 is a rear view, on an enlarged scale, of the sash-fastener. Fig. 3 isatrans- Verse sectional view of the same.

Similar marks of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

In the drawings, a and a are two arms extending one across the other practically at a right angle. In the opposite ends of the arms a, and a the openings 7) b are formed. These openings have oblique sides forming wedgeshaped openings terminating in the points 5' in the central portion of the arms. The plates 0 c extend beyond the outer ends of the arms.

The two arms are connected together by means of a hasp cl, forming part of one arm, and a hook e, forming part of the other arm.

When in use one end of the sash fis passed, preferably from below, through the opening b on one end of one arm, over the arm, and through the opening I) at the other end of the same arm, preferably from the front to the rear and preferably beyond, so that the end f extends under and beyond the plate 0.

When both ends of the sash are secured in the arms a and a, a portion of the material may be pushed into the wedge-shaped end of the openings 19 to secure the end of the sash; but in practice I find that a slight strain exerted on the sash clamps the material in the wedge-shaped opening b. When the ends of the sash are adjusted, the two arms are hooked together and hold the sash in the position shown in Fig. 1, with the outer ends of the arms and the plates 0 0 bearing on the sash and on the ends ff of the sash. The sash when once adjusted may be secured to the waist or throat and readily removed by unhooking the arms a and a one from the other. 5 5

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A sash-fastener having two arms,an opening in each end of the two arms, a contracted 6o portion of one of the openings in each arm serving to clamp the material of the sash, and a hasp and hook for securing the two arms together, as described.

2. A sash-fastener having two arms crossed near the center and detachably secured together, each arm provided with two wedgeshaped openings through which the material of the sash may be passed and held in the adjusted position, as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my 7 name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

J. A. MILLER, J'r., ADA E. HAGERTY. 

